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It finally looks like the new and intriguing plasma technology is becoming closer to a useful reality than ever: the No. 8 loudspeakers from Lansche Audio are one of the first commercial, consumer-intended floorstanders to use this particular HF technology, much to the amazement and awe of the traditional audiophile.... |
9 April 2008
10:42 GMT |
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The fact that more and more people are turning a very keen eye on audio gear which looks like your grandmother's radio is old news. The big news is that manufacturers have decided to play the game and are releasing amazing stuff, like the Dutch-based Thodio iBox. The iBox is indeed a striking piece of Hi-Fi tech... |
13 March 2008
11:03 GMT |
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Thesis Audio haven't been wasting time at all and the best way to prove that was the release of not one, not two, but three completely new versions for their acclaimed series of audiophile turntables comprising the entry-level Himalia, the mid-range Lysithea and the flagship Amalthea.The new turntables sport th... |
22 January 2008
03:10 GMT |
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Among many things showcased at the CES 2008, from the ridiculous ones to the professional-use gear, there is another category, the "you can't afford it" one. Of course, there are a lot of people who ear the really big bucks and they could actually buy the whole category itself, but we're talking about a way... |
9 January 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Even if Raysonic has been incorporated only in the year 2000, we can already speak about a name with a spectacular evolution in the field of high-end/audiophile equipment. Raysonic have become widely accepted after the great success of their CD-128 player, running with a CNC machined aluminum chassis sporting an intr... |
8 January 2008
05:11 GMT |
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Well, I've said this before and I guess I'll keep saying it: I am not a fan of the iPods (even though the Touch version really rocks) but I really enjoy seeing great audio technology put to good use in gear that sounds awesome and looks absolutely precious.As many editors around the world (including me) ha... |
5 January 2008
04:39 GMT |
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It seems that joining forces with one of the world's leading luxury cars, namely Jaguar, was not by far enough for one of the world's and Britain's leading loudspeaker manufacturers, Bowers & Wilkins. Finding no rest, not only have Bowers & Wilkins kept on developing their art sound but have just proud... |
2 August 2007
02:44 GMT |
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As for the end of the day one hot and neat piece of news from the guys you thought they ceased producing great gear many years ago... Pioneer. It's time to announce you that Pioneer weren't at all wasting time but have actually worked quite a lot and these days they're preparing to release not one but ... |
13 July 2007
10:43 GMT |
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In the audiophile world, Linn do no longer need any introduction nor presentation as their name has been standing as a proud proof of excellence for so many years and has become a synonym to supreme quality and unrivaled devotion to keeping to the strictest standards as far as audio equipment is concerned.The latest ... |
6 July 2007
07:29 GMT |
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I guess you know by now that if you're stuck with the passion for the vinyl sound and vinyl collecting, you must be well-prepared as this hobby is a rather costly one if "done the way masters say". From expensive rare vinyls to costly gear and maintenance, the vinyl world is not a cheap, "in-a-box" one. Neverthe... |
21 June 2007
08:31 GMT |
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The British manufacturer KEF has not been wasting time after being awarded the "Speakers of the Year 2006"; actually we're dealing with the new home theater series, the 3000. Most of you think that KEF is one brand you'll never get to own and enjoy in your home... those who weep for KEF gear can rejoice as ... |
13 June 2007
04:34 GMT |
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Bang & Olufsen has for a long time been one of the world's most exclusive and innovative brands and their products have inspired many generations of gear manufacturers and designers alike. From the early 80's down to the last months, Bang & Olufsen have never ceased creating the most astounding pieces of au... |
8 June 2007
10:44 GMT |
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It's sometimes funny to see the ultra high-tech in the computer world these days being mixed with things that traditionally belong somehow to the past. Namely, we're speaking vacuum tubes getting along with Windows Vista and HDMI connectivity. Now, I know this could sound rather weird (and it is weird, inde... |
8 June 2007
03:02 GMT |
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When you are looking for serious monitoring quality in the audio field, there are many legendary names that will offer some of the planet's bes solutions for the job. Nevertheless, one must not necessarily be a legend in order to be able to provide extraordinary sound and ultimate reliability for a completely ne... |
6 June 2007
17:06 GMT |
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Vacuum tube amplifiers have always worn the "exclusive" tag for the last years. Even if they still represent the simple and almost "innocent" dawn of the electronic era and are looked at by many as the pure expression of old and vintage, the tube amplifiers have gained a lot of fans during their history. From the blu... |
5 June 2007
13:31 GMT |
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For those who still don't know who Bryston are I'll say that Bryston is one of the leading names in the hi-end electronics industry, one of the most heavy names in Canada, when it comes to the really nifty things.The long awaited moment has come and Bryston have released their state-of-the-art CD-player, th... |
5 June 2007
11:41 GMT |
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How much are you really willing to pay for sound? Hundreds of dollars, maybe thousands? How about $140,000 for speaker purposes? And don't you think that "speaker-purposes" refer to a stadium-fit PA... I'm speaking about the speakers in your living room! The collaboration between British exquisite manufactu... |
25 April 2007
04:30 GMT |
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I have been working with sound for almost 14 years now and I really did good sound. I have even started to be more and more into the audiophile gear, be it fancy speakers, amps, AVRs or headphones, even simple tech facts which render better listening experience. But no one has to be an audio engineer to think right ... |
24 April 2007
12:03 GMT |
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People like good sound and you need not necessarily be a very exclusive music listener to prefer the good sound over the simple, ordinary one. And maybe more that the quality, people like to listen to their music without hindering others around them or be themselves disturbed by those surrounding them.This is why hea... |
24 April 2007
10:53 GMT |
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I told you some things about Onkyo sometime in the past; these Japanese guys are sworn to taking sound beyond the usual frontiers both technically speaking and fashion-wise as well. After releasing the acclaimed HDC 1.0 audiophile grade multimedia-oriented PC (which did not look like one but did its job amazingly),... |
21 April 2007
04:59 GMT |
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So far, the CD music sales in the united Stated are 17% down. Now, it's the first quarter only, but the difference is clearly not to be covered for during the remainder of the year... CD sales are going down and this is a fact.People in the industry music are asking themselves more and more about what's cau... |
20 April 2007
06:10 GMT |
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Making a turntable and releasing it back in 1972 and getting 35 years older just to see that the gear is still working perfectly is the best presentation a manufacturer could ever benefit from. Well, Scottish audiophile gear producer Linn is such a fabricant whose 35 years gear is not only working but does that in pe... |
20 April 2007
04:44 GMT |
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Most of those who like a good sound in the familiar perimeter of their homes think that bigger is better; now, sometimes this assertion is true and in some cases you could really benefit from a larger sound system.But what happens when you just wake up one day and simply notice that your actual living room has dimini... |
20 April 2007
03:48 GMT |
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Solarahome is the type of enterprise which rather shocks at the first encounter with its products. What face would you make if I showed you a large leather 4 seater couch opening up in the most intriguing way just to reveal carefully and wisely hidden beverage holders and refreshment stands in it which would quickly ... |
18 April 2007
10:53 GMT |
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Gaining popularity and fans and jumping 100 or 1000 places in a world hierarchy is a fairly easy thing to do... the really hard stuff only begins when you're already at the top and have to battle with the best in the field or worse, your own previous monumental-success creations. It is more than obvious that qui... |
17 April 2007
02:34 GMT |
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TEAC is one name that doesn't quite need many praising words from editors or users alike: it is simply known as one of the world's best makers of hi-quality audio gear, no matter what kind of gear we might think of. Now, TEAC has released a new piece of audiophile equipment - better and selling for a sensib... |
11 April 2007
05:10 GMT |
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I must be true to you and admit I never gave too much thought to in-ceiling or in-wall speakers; but the latest months have brought with them a very serious avalanche of such news in both the production/manufacturers field as well as in the way people have actually used such pieces of technology in their homes, offi... |
10 April 2007
05:09 GMT |
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I have written about the France-based excellence-producing company named Cabasse - they're sworn on one thing solely: making the best-sounding loudspeakers available to man, at any cost. And truly, I guess that the price is one of the last things they think of when designing new speakers. Their last release sell... |
10 April 2007
04:20 GMT |
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Some people deliver quality and some other take quality to the extreme while actually caring not too much about sales, quantity-wise speaking. Brauner is one brand following this philosophy and luckily for them, the last 10 years have been full of successful achievements. They went on less-traveled paths and decided ... |
5 April 2007
11:16 GMT |
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There are many classes when word comes to instruments: low-priced entry-level, beginner-class, advanced, pro and the custom-shop, usually hand-made, user-specced "royal-class" gear. Now, you see, I haven't met any of the latter that I didn't like, whether it was a bass or an amp or extreme-custom drums or w... |
5 April 2007
10:17 GMT |
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Lexus is a synonym to luxury and quality manufacturing and is by far a very respected name in the automotive industry, as Mark Levinson is in the pro audio industry as well. Now, this teaming is not at its first as it goes from 2001; the most important fact is that this time, associating Lexus LS460 and Mark Levinso... |
31 March 2007
05:25 GMT |
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By default, music is nothing without proper gear for both creating it and listening to it and people, having understood such a simple thing, began building serious audio gear. Now, it doesn't necessarily have to cost $25,000... well, if you're a rich audiophile and would rather spend such money on top-of-th... |
30 March 2007
09:13 GMT |
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Again, looks like the world is turning to extremes: either low-end, entry-level audio gear any poor third-world person could finally afford or top-shelf equipment meant to rock the "finest" ears. And since the goal of these articles is to show you the nicest gear around, we'll let the entry-level aside for now a... |
17 March 2007
07:40 GMT |
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No further than yesterday I was writing about Hovland and their Stratos amplifier selling for the staggering sum of 50,000 USD. As I did yesterday, I still (at least) smile when I remember this thing. But if you think this is all Hovland can sell for absurd amounts of money you're oh so wrong.Truth is that prete... |
15 March 2007
06:03 GMT |
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Cheap gear, fairly-priced gear, affordable gear, expensive gear and high-end-top-shelf-state-of-the-art gear. And above all you can think of, there's Hovland amplifiers. Now, how much do you think you'd spend on a 400W @8 ohm amp to please your audiophile ears? Would you save as much as $10K? How about thin... |
14 March 2007
11:34 GMT |
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Thiel Audio hasn't wasted any time and hasn't slacked in the race for affordable hi-end audio gear. Even if some time has passed since we last heard of Thiel doing something great apart form the recent Innovations Award, they've been quite busy.Building on the proven nobility of the SCS3 heritage and e... |
14 March 2007
10:26 GMT |
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No better title for this hour's news that ELP's own (trademark) slogan "No needle, no wear". Yo all bargain amateurs, heed my call as it's possible you get your hands on this cool piece of tech! The Laser Turntable form ELP is under heavy discounts so if you planned on buying one but was never able to ... |
14 March 2007
07:37 GMT |
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Now, „hi-end" can be achieved by following many roads and, obviously, having different types of hi-end customers in mind. One can simply make a diamond-studded headphone set and call it „hi-end" because it simply costs $799,000 and some Paris-Hilton-kind-of-person might buy it. Now there is the other end of the high-... |
12 March 2007
06:05 GMT |
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It is the dawn of the new, high-definition MIDI era. And once with it comes a whole new horizon expanding the audio restoration possibilities far beyond anything man has dreamed about some 20 years ago.It's the Zenph Studios and audio research group, under the lead of the former pianist John Walker - they have d... |
12 March 2007
04:48 GMT |
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Cheap home systems in-a-box are to be found everywhere and there you always get what you pay for. I mean, don't ever expect to get fantastic sound and eternal reliability form a $80 "home theater" system, for you will not. The fact that there are some home cinema systems which are not expensive and yet they are ... |
8 March 2007
03:25 GMT |
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Funny how I have gotten to write about iPod so much, since I don't own one and I also avoid owning one. I simply don't dig them at all; maybe for the small iPod shuffle I can find some attraction. Yet it's also funny how popular the iPods are and how much of the world's audio technology started to... |
6 March 2007
05:19 GMT |
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Donald North Audio (aka DNA) are well-known for the staggering quality of their audiophile equipment as well as for the pocket-wrecking, mind-blowing prices their gear sells for. It's now time to briefly showcase you one piece of hardware that will consume a big part of your annual wage... should you dare buying... |
5 March 2007
06:00 GMT |
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Once there was a phone and a laptop. Now it's a Meridian. A sound system, that is. This year, Meridian will celebrate their 30th anniversary and so they decided to team up with Ferrari and pop out a piece of special edition gear, namely the F80. Of course, all in high-end style for Meridian have done nothing dif... |
2 March 2007
10:41 GMT |
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